Jessica Booth - Author

✍🏻 FINDING MR. WRITE
by Kelley Armstrong
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💫
Pub. Date: June 25, 2024

💜 Thank you to for an ARC of this book!

And thank you to for telling me about Kelley and buddy reading this one with me.

🩵 Q: Have you done any creative writing?

A: I’m pretty vocal about my books, but I majored in writing in college and have always loved it!

🧟 What’s it about?
Daphne has written a YA dystopian zombie novel… but didn’t have success with a literary agent / submission until she queried under a male pseudonym. And then her book gets picked up and she needs a man to pretend to be the author.

Enter Chris Stanton to play author Zane Re*****on. In real life Chris is an accountant trying to save his company, so he takes this gig and has to pretend to be grizzly, wilderness living Zane.

From shooting a news segment at Daphne’s house and staring down a grizzly bear to going on tour with Daphne as his “assistant,” this book is rife with humor, a slow sizzling burn, and a stark look at how women are treated vs. men.

🩵 My thoughts:

Within the first two chapters of reading this one I was telling all my book friends to request it on Netgalley. I was all in on this one.

I loved Chris trying to be macho Zane, despite being a cinnamon roll MMC. I adored Daphne’s pursuit of her dreams. Publicist Sakura was a welcome surprise! And the overall commentary about how men and women are perceived was fantastic.

The slow burn in this one sizzled. So many almosts and hidden moments. Swoon!

🐾 And there is even a dog!

There are a couple of small things I wanted more resolution on. But they don’t at all take away from this fun story!

🩵 I highly recommend this one.

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🌟 HAPPY LEAP DAY 🌟

🍀 Predictive text: My Leap Day is lucky because…

Mine: My Leap Day is lucky because it means that my brain can see me in the sky with a bright light. 🤔

🍀 Do I own a book for every occasion? Look I might ok. 😂

🐾 Not only do I love this one, but it features one of my favorite literary dogs and the best epilogue ever. Not at all because this dog matches my dog (Rhys says hi!)

🍀 I told Ann Marie this when I met her at Wild and Windy last year, and swipe to check out that inscription in my book! And to see Ann Marie and me.

🥴 p.s. Check out my IG stories for all my fails at getting Rhys to participate this morning.

🩷 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! 🩷

📸 Books with LOVE in the title!

🩷 Q: Tell me the first book title that pops into your mind with the word “love” in its title!

Turns out I have a bunch of books with LOVE in the title. and that doesn’t surprise me a bit. 😍

🩷 I hope you have a fabulous Valentine’s Day and, no matter your relationship status, do something nice for yourself today.

🎄 Festive Joy 🎄

♥️ Q: How are you spending this weekend?

I always have so much anxiety leading up to this point in the holiday season (mostly about making sure everything is done before we travel cross-country).

But this, right here, makes it all worth it. I love the days leading up to Christmas. We look at lights, listen to Christmas music, watch holiday movies, and I’m going to read all the Christmas books.

I’m finally getting to read the new Tessa Bailey that my amazing pal sent me, and I’m devouring it. It’s exactly what I needed to smile and unwind a bit.

🎁 Amazing gift alert! 🎁

My dear bookstagram to IRL friend surprised me yesterday with this mug: a clay version of my book cover.

😯 (Swipe to look at the 3D details. Incredible!)

🥹 It is so thoughtful and the surprise moved me so much.

♥️ Q: Tell me about a thoughtful gift you have given or received!